New Fire TV & Fire TV Stick software updates expected this week

One month since the last Fire TV and Fire TV Stick software updates added the new X-Ray feature to both devices, it looks like both devices will be getting new updates later this week. The Fire TV should be receiving software version 51.1.5.3_user_515040320 and the Fire TV Stick should get software version 54.1.1.3_user_110045520 shortly. If you’re wondering why the version numbers jumped from x.x.x.0, which we currently have, to x.x.x.3, it’s likely to re-sync Amazon’s internal version numbering with the version numbers we’ve been seeing publicly. Even though the last 3 Fire TV software updates were labeled 51.1.5.0, internally at Amazon they were labeled 51.1.5.0, 51.1.5.1, and 51.1.5.2.

I’ve reached out to my sources at Amazon on what’s included with these updates, but haven’t heard back from them. Keep it locked to AFTVnews for a full overview of what these updates bring in the near future.

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Maybe they will be jumping up to android 4.4. That would be great, cause more and more apps are becoming uncompatible with the Fire TV. To me if the new update doesn’t at least give us Android 4.4 then I feel no matter what fuction(s) they add, it will be a fail in my opinion. They gave us native USB support, so moving up to Android 4.4 is the only other huge thing they can give us.

I’m hoping for a favorites section and apps and games separated into their own areas. I have a lot of apps and going through games when I’m trying to use a video app is annoying. Also, if apps are losing compatibility like porky said then I do hope they update the android version.

Apps are losing compatability faster than I have ever seen on Android devices. Even a lot of the popular apps that usually work on most devices only work on Android 4.4+. I think its because Android is making advances in software and there are things that Android 4.4 can do that 4.2 can’t do, so some apps need 4.4+ to run. If this update is not at least 4.4, then its useless.

As Jason already said, I also Cant believe they are still using 4.2 when all the other Android Boxes on the market that run kodi, have already 4.4.2 and Kitkat 4.4.4.

Same was happening to the Amazon Fire Phones, that was stuck on the FireOS v3.6.8 based on Jellybean, but fortunatelly last month Amazon has updated it to the NEW FireOS v4.6.1 “Sangria” Based on KitKat…

I really hope that Amazon understand that, as the Fire Phone, the FireTV urgently needs at least the KitKat, to be more compatible with all the newest APPs for Android.

No. We are talking about apps in general. There are several apps that require you to be running Android 4.4 or you cannot even install them. As time goes by, more and more apps will join th list of apps we cannot install bcause they require Android 4.4.